Freema Agyeman

Freema Agyeman played Martha Jones, companion to the Doctor, on BBC's Doctor Who from 2007 to 2010, a role that made her a household name in British science fiction. She later took on the part of Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in Law & Order: UK, starred as Amanita Caplan in the Netflix series Sense8, and played Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam from 2018 to 2022. Born in London on 20 March 1979 to an Iranian mother and a Ghanaian father, Agyeman is British and of mixed-race heritage, primarily Black. She stands 5'2" with a slim build and brown eyes.

Agyeman's career began in the early 2000s, and she has remained active ever since. After leaving Doctor Who, she reprised Martha Jones in the spin-off Torchwood and appeared in the BBC period miniseries Little Dorrit, both in 2008. Her US television debut came in 2013 with The Carrie Diaries, where she played magazine editor Larissa Loughlin. She has also shown up in shows like Silent Witness, Survivors, and Old Jack's Boat, and in films including The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Eat Locals (2017), and North v South (2015). A brief role in the tenth season of Friends in 2004 saw her character Yemelaina take a tumble down the stairs. With over two decades in the industry, Agyeman continues to be a recognizable face across British and American screens.